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MACHINE FOR FORMING CONTINUOUS PILLERS FOR CIGARS.

No. 554,635. Patented Feb; 11,1896.

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MAOHENE FOR FORMING CONTINUOUS FILLERS FOR CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,635, dated February11, 1896.

Application filed April 26, 1892. $eria1No. 430,807. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DELA MAR, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machinesfor Forming Continuous Fillers for Cigars, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates more particularly to feeding and automaticcutting mechanism in machines for forming fillers for cigars, the objectbeing to provide a simple and efficient machine for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machineembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of feed mechanismemployed. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlargedlongitudinal section through the center of the feed mechanism. Fig. 5 isa transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an enlargedplan view of cutters and portions of other parts.

I will first briefly describe certain parts of the machine, which,however, are fully described in my Patent No. 461,072, of October 13,1891, and my Patent No. 498,844, of June A designates a table supportedby legs A, which have suitable cross-bars for supporting rotary parts ofthe machine.

A is a band or power wheel loosely mounted upon but adapted to rotate amain shaft a when a certain clutch mechanism is thrown into engagementand operate the machine. The main shaft a has a bearing at one end in apillow-block a and at the other end in the main frame of the machine. Apinion a is rigidly mounted on the shaft a and has on or adjacent to itone member of a clutch a The other member of the clutch a is attached tothe pulley A and is movable with said pulley into engagement with theother member of the clutch by means of a lever A bifurcated at its upperend and engaging in an annular groove of the movable section of theclutch. At its lower end the lever A is attached to a rock-shaft ahaving bearings in the main frame, and is provided with a treadle-levera. Obviously by a downward movement of the treadle a the pulley A andits clutch-section will be moved longitudinally on the shaft a and intoengagement with the clutch-section on the pinion a The pinion a mesheswith a gear-wheel A secured to a shaft a As a means for unlocking theclutch-sections when the lever a is released by the foot of theoperator, I employ a yielding arm a which is secured at its lower end tothe rockshaft a and projecting at its free end into the path of a lug aon the gear-wheel A. As long as the operators foot holds down the leverto" the arm a will yield and pass over the lug a but upon releasing thelever a the lug will move the arm a and through it the rock-shaft a andclutch-arm A This clutch-operating mechanism is fully shown anddescribed in my Patent No. 461,072, of October 13, 1891.

B is a gear-wheel mounted on the shaft a This gear-wheel is toothedabout half its circumference to impart a complete revolution to a pinionb at a partial revolution of the wheel B.

Having sufficiently described the driving mechanism when taken inconnection with mypatent of October 13, 1891, I will now describe theparts relating more particularly to my present invention, premising,however, that it is to be understood that the machine is provided withfiller-pressing dies and rolling mechanism.

F is a way or chute through which tobacco is conveyed to the formers.The tobacco is transferred by an attendant from the table or box 0 to'carriers F F. The carriers F F are in the form of endless bands runningin the way F, one band, F extending around rollers ff, one of which isarranged adjacent to and in line with an entrance f to the presserdies,and the other, f, has journal-bearings in hangers at the outer end ofthe way F. The carrier F is shorter than the carrier F and is arrangedbelow the same, and extends around rollers f f 3 j ournaled in hangersdepending from the way F. The short carrier F has at convenient pointsarms extending from it at substantially right angles to the width of thecarrier. These arms are designed to embrace the charge of tobacco at thesides. The roller f over which the carrier F extends is at some distancefrom the entrance f to the dies, so that there is considerable space inwhich the arms do not aid in the carrying of tobacco. To carry thetobacco along this space I employ an endless presser-band G. This band Gextends around rollers g 9, one of which has j ournal-bearings in blockswhich are vertically adjustable in ways 9 The carrier F and thepresserband G are serrated or provided with transverse ratchet-shapedteeth 0, which may be of rubber or similar material. These toothlikeprojections serve to grip the tobacco and more eifectually carry italong.

The several rollers over which the carriers and presser-band extend arepreferably'covered on their bearing-surface with some rough material, 0,such as fish-skin.

The roller 9 has its shaft bearing in theouter ends of bars g", theother ends of which have a swinging connection with the journals of theroller g. A weight g at theend of a rod g suspended from one of the bars9, serves to hold the band G tightly against the upper side of thetobacco.

The serrated carrier F is driven by a rackbar [15 reciprocatedvertically by the driving mechanism and engaging with a toothed wheelhaving a pawl-and-ratchet connection (not shown) with the shaft of theroller f, and the presser-band Gr is driven through the medium of a bandk, a roller 10 on the shaft of the roller f a roller on the shaft of theroller f, and intermediate mechanism, as described in my Patent No.461,072, of October 13, 1891, and Patent No. 4983M, of June 6, 1893,before referred to. A quantity of tobacco having been placed on thecarrier F by an operator, the said tobacco is carried forward, butbefore it reaches the presserband G the top of the charge is trinnnedoff, so that only the required charge for one cigar is fed into the diesat one time.

The top cutters here shown consist of rotary cutter-disks D D, havingtheir edges overlapped above the way F. Each cutter-disk is mounted on avertical shaft (Z, having bearings in sleeves d adjustably supported bythumb-screws (Z in boxes cl on opposite sides of the way F. Thecutter-disks D D are driven from the main shaft a by means of a band (1rotating a shaft (1 which has a bevelgear (I engaging with a bevel-gearon the shaft of the cutter-disk D. The shaft of the cutter-disk D has agear-wheel d meshing witha gear-wheel cl on theshaft of the cutter-diskD. The disks areadjustable vertically. This may be done by adjusting thesleevesd within the boxes CZ. The shaft d of the cutter D extendsthrough the bevelgear 0 and a set-screw is employed to secure the gear 0to the shaft. This allows the ad j ustment of the vertical shaft withoutchang ing the relative positions of the gears c d. A rubber washer (Z ismounted on the shaft of the disk D between the lower end of the sleeve(Z and the wheel (1 and serves by its slight expansion to draw the shaftof the cutter D downward, and thus press the cutters together.

The tobacco is pressed downward in the way F before it reaches the topcutters by means of a roller E, having its journals movable upward anddownward in bearings 6. Each link 6 extends downward from a journal ofthe roller E and has connection with a fulcrumed lever 6 provided withan adjustable weight a The reason this Weight is adjustable in thismanner is to give the tobacco either a compact or loose consistencyaccording to the requirement of the bunch desired, an essential point inthe manufacture of cigars.

A shoe E arranged between the roller E and the cutter-disks D D servesto retain the filler in its compressed condition in its movement betweenthe roller E and the cutterdisks. This shoehas an oscillating movementand is movable vertically with the vertical movement of the wheel E, andit rests at all times on the top of the tobacco. Itis attached to an armh pivoted on a journal of the roller E and a forwardly-extending arm hprovided with a weight 7L which serves to hold the shoe with pressure onthe tobacco.

The surplus tobacco, or that cut off the top of the tobacco, is directedby means of a curved deflector II, having a guard II on its top, to thebox 0 and mixed with the tobacco therein automatically,therebysavin grehandling.

Having described my invention, what I 1. In a machine for forming acontinuous filler for cigars the combination with a feedway and carriersof top cutters operating over said feedway, substantially as specified.

2. In a machine for forming a continuous filler for cigars thecombination with a feedway and a carrier of rotary top cutters,substantially as specified.

3. In a machine for forming a continuous filler for cigars thecombination with a feedway and carriers of vertically-adjustable r0-tary top cutters, substantially as specified.

4:. 111 a machine for forming a continuous filler for cigars thecombination with a feed way and the carriers of the rotary'top cuttersand an adj ustable pressenroller adjacent said top cutters,substantially asspecilied. v

5. In a machine for forming a continuous filler for cigars thecombination with a feedway and carriers of the rotary top cutters, the

presser-roller and the presser-shoe between 'the cutters and saidroller, substantially as specified. g g

6. In a machine for forming a continuous filler for cigars thecombination with a feedway and carriers of rotary cutters over saidfeedway, a pressure-roller, means for regulatdeflector for deflectingthe top cuttings into ing the pressure of said roller and a Weighted areceptacle, substantially as specified. pressure-shoe between the rollerand cutters,

substantially as specified. JOSEPH DELA MAR. 5 7. In a machine forforming a continuous Witnesses:

filler for cigars the combination with a feed- W. L. BENNEM,

way and carriers of rotary top cutters, anda V. T. WILSON.

